Living the good life one patch of dirt at a time.

– Carrie bought us these cacti from IKEA (I think as a housewarming gift) and surprise of surprises, they’re not dead. In fact, one is blooming a flower.

– Alicia found a sweet ’70s seed sprouting kit, and so we’re getting our health on and making sprouts. It works a lot better than the mason jar with a screen on the bottom that we tried last year.

– Trader Joe’s sells the most stunning basil plants for $3. So there is one sitting on the counter… it’s getting a little wilty and I’ve been watering it really well, so I don’t know what’s going on. But it’s looking a lot better than the waterlogged yellow basil we have going outside.

Welcome to the Almanac

Caught between wanting to have a farm in the middle of nowhere and loving the city, we consider ourselves the luckiest people on earth to get to do both. Alicia says it best: “We like to pretend we’re farmers.” This site chronicles our adventures in gardening, canning, chickens, and all things agrarian, all with a view of downtown Seattle from the shade of the plum tree in our front yard.